In 1836, the enormously popular Manchester Music Festival came to a close with a fancy dress ball so grand a temporary structure was built to connect The Portico Library with the nearby Assembly Rooms and Theatre Royal. Though...
Read MoreI’m tired of being told what a woman should and shouldn’t say. Coming off the back of a week where social media is replete with people uniting and sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and assault, I feel disheartened...
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Like cicadas which emerge to swarm from beneath the ground over cycles which span long years of...
Read MoreBittersweet, the latest exhibition from The Portico Library, looks at the abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates in Manchester and the discussions that were taking place at the time. The exhibition, which sees writer, lecturer...
Read MoreI can’t knit for toffee. But I love material and my bedroom is stuffed full of fabrics ranging from vintage pieces to sarongs I discovered in Ghanaian markets. I prefer prints that tell a story. Traditionally, textiles have...
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